Jury deliberations resume in Ohio police shooting trial

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jurors resumed deliberations today in the murder trial of a white former police officer who said he feared for his life before fatally shooting an unarmed black man during a traffic stop over a missing front license plate in Ohio.

Hamilton County Judge Megan Shanahan had sequestered the jurors Wednesday night after the deliberated for more than four hours and told them to resume this morning.

Before they got the case, Shanahan instructed them to apply the law to the facts presented in court, and to judge the facts "from the perspective of a reasonable officer at the scene," not in "20-20 hindsight."

Prosecutors want the jurors to conclude that now-fired University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing "purposely" killed Sam DuBose. Jurors also have the option of convicting him of voluntary manslaughter, meaning he killed in a fit of rage or sudden passion after being provoked.

Tensing, 26, has said he shot DuBose, 43, while being dragged by DuBose's car as he tried to drive away on July 19, 2015.

The prosecution said evidence including Tensing's own body camera video contradicted his story.

"The video is the ultimate witness ... this video exposes Tensing's lies," Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said during closing arguments.